Subj : XML
To   : Micael Bulow
From : Bill Birrell
Date : Mon Jan 06 2003 01:03 am

 > Most important it's a widely used standard. All
 > developers on all platforms can handle the incoming
 > data.

    There has been much correspondence, Micael. I now uderstand why you think 
this is desirable. Before saying any more, I have to be sure that doubling the 
size of the nodelist without doubling the membership is permissible, and I have 
doubts about that. It will become clear in a few days, so I must counsel 
patience till then.

    There are also problems in introducing 'new' elements into the nodelist, 
because each element has to be examined by the government of each country to 
which the nodelist is distributed to ensure that it still complies with each 
individual data protection statute. At some point the sum of all the elements 
may become an invasion of individual privacy, too.

    We are bound by the concept of "annoying behaviour" not to do anything 
which could cause the sysop of any node in the net to be arrested or imprisoned 
for something outside his control.

Best Wishes,
Bill.

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